Jaclyn Lilly

Jaclyn Lilly

I’ve spent 9+ years working with enterprise IT clients, mainly in recruiting and pre-sales. I focus on building strong client relationships, understanding business needs, and partnering with technical teams to find the right solutions. I’m also especially interested in the growing Charlotte engineering market and currently building hands-on skills in AI and C# development.
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Questions to Ask Before You Build (or Buy) an Outbound Pipeline

Most outbound automation projects fail before implementation ever begins Not because the tools are bad. Not because AI doesn’t work. But because companies often skip the harder questions: Too many teams jump straight into platform selection before validating the economics,…

LinkedIn: The 5-Minute Sweep

How do people search for QA openings on LinkedIn? One of the first things I do is search by title, testing niche, or specific tools relevant to my field. Then I switch over to recent posts to see what recruiters,…

Field Updates

Disclaimer: Please note these are just updates based on my conversation in the market

Charlotte QA Hiring Job Intel

How to Vet the ‘Manual + Automation’ QA Gigs

Over the last couple weeks, I’ve had 3 conversations with different candidates applying to “manual + automation” listed QA roles…that are actually much more engineering-heavy than they appear. How long has this been an issue? Quick note: if you’re ~75%…